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Lagoon size can be predicted

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The size of Santa Barbara area lagoons can be predicted, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara scientists, who say that their research could help protect the endangered steelhead trout.


Research aims to cool runoff to protect coldwater streams

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ocean of stormwater that flows off of the sun-baked urban landscape is packing heat, and trout are starting to feel it.


River flow and temperature limit trout numbers

River flow and temperature limit trout numbers

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Over a 23-year study, Javier Lobón-Cerviá has found the mechanism that controls the number of salmonids found each year in Cantabrian rivers. His method has been to monitor population numbers ...


Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon and Trout Populations

Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon and Trout Populations

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stocks of the UK’s Atlantic salmon along with varieties of domestic Brown trout could be under threat from a deadly parasite according to research led Bournemouth University (BU) published in the International Jou ...


Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild salmon runs

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they survive and reproduce in the wild, their offspring will also be significantly less successful at reproducing, according ...


VHS virus infects fish via their gills

VHS virus infects fish via their gills

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) is a highly contagious disease of rainbow trout in fresh water, causing great economic loss in the European trout farming industry. In his doctorate, Bjørn Erik ...


Insight into fish disease to help protect farmed fish stocks

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have gained a key insight into a disease that is devastating the UK's fish farming industry. The researchers have discovered that fish ...